Submitted by bostonglobe t3_125n84b in massachusetts
exactlyw t1_je5611q wrote
Other commenters have noted the Berkshires have less access but when I lived there quality seemed to be a concern too. We used to call it Berkshire Murder Center...but it's been a long time so I have no idea if it holds true today.
DeliPaper t1_je5akgx wrote
Noble Hospital, too. The joke was always "Go in with a broken finger, leave with a broken arm". At least, until they gave a few hundred people AIDS
hour_of_the_rat t1_je7jfdd wrote
I live in Westfield now, and have had two overnight stays at Noble. I was alive when I left.
DeliPaper t1_je7jkel wrote
Source?
Mysterious-House-51 t1_je5mh5y wrote
Can confirm still referred to as berkshire murder center
MAELATEACH86 t1_je7txy1 wrote
Never heard that in my life.
rosievee t1_je62q5r wrote
Oof, I appreciate this post. We're trying to decide where we want to settle in MA and I would not have thought the western MA healthcare was so poor.
exactlyw t1_je64el2 wrote
Honestly I don't think it was dramatically worse than any other rural area I've lived in. They all suffer from basically the same issues- poor infrastructure, poor access to care, difficulty in attracting applicants to most competitive healthcare roles (including MDs and DOs), underfunded, etc. I've lived in Western MA and Boston (never central MA) and Western MA may as well be a completely different state.
PaisleyEgg t1_je5ynlo wrote
CDH - Cooley Dickinson Hospital, we used to call Come Die Here.
ADireSquire t1_je7bumg wrote
My wife is a nurse (not at cooley dick) and she tells me the phrase they use to talk about cooley dick goes "killin 'em quick at Cooley Dick"
Balsac_is_Daddy t1_je5m7xq wrote
Everyone worked there and everyone trashed it lol.
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